The Republican journal., 1887-12-15

Is BRIEF. The Bangor Commercial of sat
urday last says: 1.-The greater proportion Of
the liquor dealers in this city will close tLei
bars Tonight and they will remain closed for
some little time, or until the owners see what
the policy of the new state Con>tablc> is to be.
\ number of places will run bars with closed
front doors everybody is anNou>ly awaiting
the outcome OF the Governors appointments
The ten days notice which the con>tahles gave
the sellers expires on Monday" The special
conStablcS notified the druggists that they would
BOT lie intertcred with if they sold only for
mechanical or medicinal purp3>eS....T The Maine
Farmer states upon GOOD authority that Gem
eral Manager Payson Tucker. of the Maine Gen.
trail, has about decided to establish the new
Maine stock yards at Il point between Bangor
and Hermon. 1t is likely that Mr.. Tucker
means to put them just far enough out of the
railroad yard limits in Bangor to prevent them
from becoming Il nuisance in handling trains
1.-The second trial at Sioux City. Iowa. of
John Arensdorf for the murder of Rev. Mr.
HadIock was ended FRIDAY evening. The
jury rendered verdict of not guilty. This
was rum murder and rum money has been
used to secure an acquittal......W aShburn Bros.
of Thomaston, have bought the Simpson pro-
perty, Port Clyde. including Il large amount of
land. store and contents, wharves, marine rail-
way, three dwelling houses. blacksmith shop
and other property. The new firm will pro-
badly build a large four masted schooner there
next season...".The President has sent to the
Senate nominations for the offices filled during
the recess of Congress. Ohm Ii. French OF
PASSPORT, an eminent lawyer and scholar OF
culture, died suddenly at noon Monday. of
apopleXy. aged iifty-one. He was formerly law
partner of the late Bion Bradbury. The post
office at Chester Mills, PenobScot county. was
discontinued Saturday. .Partman IIoughton.
one of the oldest aud wealthie>t retired bust
ness men of Eastport, died Monday aged eighty
two. He was former member of the Legis-
lature....The members of the Maine delegation
will be apportiOned AS last year. Mr.. Reed will
60 to the Ways and Means Committee. Dingey
will serve on the committee on shipping, Mil
iken Oh the committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, and Boutele will attend to Naval
Authorization. George w. French died at the
residence of Oliver +. Copeland in Orlando
Florida, the Sth inst. after short illness. He
was born in Thoma>ton in 1873. and practised
law there and held various public offices. lie
was first chief justice of the territory of Dako-
ia. and secretary of the territory of Wyoming
for four years. lie leaves a widow and son.
......Judge Brewer of the United States Circuit
Court, at Topeka, Kansas issued decree Sat
urday declaring Worbruff brewery at Lawrence
as common nuisance, directing the Z. :. Mar
shall to shut it up and abate the same The
decree perpetually enjoins the brewery from
manufacturing or selling any Intoxicating
liquors. This is the first brewery declared
nuisance under the prohibition !aw......
Rev. c. A. Berry, of Woyerilampton. Eng
land, has Declined the call to Plymouth Church.
.......France has Il Guitea u, named Aubertin,
who shot Jules Ferry three times at the Cham
Der of Deputies Saturday afternoon. The
wounds at first were considered slight, but few
err set in aggravating them. The assassin
proves to he member of revolutionary soci-
ETY. who had sworn to kill. among others, Fer
ry......The Fishery Commission has adjourned
to January without accomplishing anything.
1t is Understood that the ObStinacy of the Can
adian representative, Sir Charles Topper is
the cause of failure to agree upon some re-
cOmmendation....The one hundredth birthday
of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was appropri-
ately celebrated on Sunday at the American
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford.
the first asylum of the kind in America, where
Gallaudet first introduced instruction in the
sign language.......Rev.I Isaac S, Kalloci, ID. D..
well known in this State, died in San Francisco
saturday. Cabinet offices go hunting in
France. NJ. Falieres abandons the attempt to
form Cabinet for Carnot.....Asa Hodsdon, a
prominent citizen and fancy goods dealer, of
Saco, died Saturday morning, aged - years.
He was born in Newfield and was for MANY
years in charge of one of the departments Of
the Great Falls cotton mills. He was a promi-
nent Free Mason.....The big timber RAJ # from
st. John, n. b.. is now coming toward New
York in tow OF the steamer Miranda at the rate
of four and a half miles an hour......O Brien is
reelected Mayor of Boston by Loo plurality
against 4,6SS in 'S6 and 1868 in 49, The Alder
men elected are Reps, Denis. and Ind.
Dems. Common Councils Dems.: % Reps
The vote on license was: Yes, 26,517; no, 49,
O94. Last year. yes, 2l.223: no, 16, 1856. The
Republicans made clean sweep in Lowell,
Lynn and Salem, but the three cities voted for
license; small majorities.